WPLN asked Nashville’s mayoral candidates questions from listeners. Here’s what they had to say on affordable housing.
Wanted: Roommates, and more of them. Nashville’s Metro Council raises antiquated occupancy limit.
Metro Council just raised the limit on the number of unrelated people who can live together in the same home.
New housing development and where Nashville newcomers are finding their homes
Remember when people were saying there were 100 new people moving to Nashville every day? The real numbers are much smaller, but there’s no denying that the Nashville area has welcomed a lot of newcomers in recent years.
Vanderbilt graduate students protest new apartments, as Nashville housing prices continue to rise
Graduate student workers are rallying at Vanderbilt University Wednesday to protest unaffordable housing.
How Tennessee lawmakers tilted the scales toward developers to make it harder for cities to get affordable housing
Earlier this month, Nashville residents told Metro Council they want the city’s help getting community needs met.
What housing is ‘affordable’ for you?
Housing is affordable — meaning you are not cost burdened — if it takes up 30% or less of your gross income, according to national housing guidelines. But we want to know what YOU would consider affordable in Nashville.
Nashville’s housing task force fills in more details of the ‘Imagine East Bank’ plan
Nashville officials are pitching the idea of building close to 3,600 affordable housing units on the city’s land for the future East Bank development.
The mayor who ran on improving neighborhoods now wants to build a new one downtown
After resident frustration of downtown Nashville getting the most money from elected officials, Mayor John Cooper ran on improving neighborhoods.
Riverchase resident moves into new home, but feels the displaced community was treated ‘like we were kids’
Virginia Holland lived at the East Nashville Riverchase apartments for four years.
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